Used to play games very smoothly on high-ultra now they are really choppy.

JC07 · Feb 14, 2015

i used to be able too play games pretty well with my pc, a few months ago the gameplay in the majority of my games have become pretty choppy and laggy feeling. Possibly stuttering/micro stuttering it's hard to explain. The fps seems to be around 40-60 sometimes with v-sync turned on. I have no idea how this came to be but it happened quite suddenly. I have tried updating the drivers for the majority of everything gpu, chipset drivers, audio driver etc. I have used slimDrivers too update my hardware. I have also freshly installed my Os a good few times but it never changed anything. I have also replaced my hard drive but it never changed anything either. I'm looking for someone too help me out with my problem as I am getting very sick of this crud.

Specs:
Windows 8.1
I5 2500k @3.3ghz
8gb corsair vengeance @1600mhz
1tb WD caviar Black
250gb crucial m100
Sapphire 7950 vapor x with boost button enabled
Z77 asus sabertooth
Corsair cx750

I have also used memtest on the ram and the modules were a-ok.

MasFBailey · Feb 14, 2015

i feel your pain, the same games i used to max at 60 fps just seem to be lagging more and more, no hardware change, done everything Ive read on the guides etc, 'just so you know you arent alone

Spudcake · Feb 15, 2015

Could it be large amounts of saves that have built up? I've recently had loading, framerate and crashing issues on The Witcher and Skyrim caused by excessive amounts (multiple gigabytes) of save games. Deleting the bulk of them instantly solved the issue.

May not be of any use to either of you, but I thought I'd offer something.

JC07 · Feb 15, 2015

sorry Spudcake it is not saves being built up. but thanks for sharing that.

NightHawkS1 · Feb 19, 2015

JC07 :

I know exactly how you feel I have a post up with the same issues.

My Specs

GIGABYTE GA-G1.Sniper M5 LGA 1150 Intel Z87 SATA 6Gb/s Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

CORSAIR HX Series HX1050 1050W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready

Intel Core i7-4790K Haswell Quad-Core 4.0GHz LGA 1150 Desktop Processor BX80646I74790K

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-1866C9D-16GXM

EVGA 04G-P4-2974-KR GeForce GTX 970 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 SLI Support Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card

I noticed that games like Far Cry 4 or The Forest seem to have problems staying at 60, they often go to 40 and stay in that region.

JC07 · Feb 19, 2015

NightHawkS1 :

Yeah it is a strange one indeed. I just have no idea what to do to be honest. I really don't think it's drivers needing updated or anything like that as i have went through various different drivers for the gpu but too no avail. I have formated the drives and installed windows 7 and 8.1 a good few times too see if there was a difference but no. I have tried another motherboard which i have a asus maximus v gene and yet again nothing changed. Reseated all the components, tightened screws etc. I have run malwarebytes, and other different anti viruses to check for a rootkit but they all detect nothing.

i have disabled speedstep technology and it helped a tiny little bit but then re-enabled it as there was such a small difference. I have run hot cpu tester on diagnostic mode for approx 5- 6 hours too test the cpu for errors etc but it did not detect anything. chkdsk and crystaldisk have found nothing wrong with the hard drives. I'm torn up between replacing the Power supply or the video card, but i really do not know what is wrong and knowing myself lol if i did replace either of those components it probably won't fix what is wrong.

NightHawkS1 · Feb 19, 2015

JC07 :

NightHawkS1 :

Yeah it is a strange one indeed. I just have no idea what to do to be honest. I really don't think it's drivers needing updated or anything like that as i have went through various different drivers for the gpu but too no avail. I have formated the drives and installed windows 7 and 8.1 a good few times too see if there was a difference but no. I have tried another motherboard which i have a asus maximus v gene and yet again nothing changed. Reseated all the components, tightened screws etc. I have run malwarebytes, and other different anti viruses to check for a rootkit but they all detect nothing.

i have disabled speedstep technology and it helped a tiny little bit but then re-enabled it as there was such a small difference. I have run hot cpu tester on diagnostic mode for approx 5- 6 hours too test the cpu for errors etc but it did not detect anything. chkdsk and crystaldisk have found nothing wrong with the hard drives. I'm torn up between replacing the Power supply or the video card, but i really do not know what is wrong and knowing myself lol if i did replace either of those components it probably won't fix what is wrong.

I feel you man. The more I look into my problems with games the less I thinks it is my components. If there was something wrong with my PC I think I would notice it more than just in game. Programs like 3DMark tell me that the problem isn't my graphics card and none of my components are overheating. From what I can tell there is some kind of secret issue I cant see in my pc, its the drivers im using because it all seemed bad after that, or its the games.

No matter what at least my parts all under like a 3 year warranty so what ever is wrong will show way before then or nothing is wrong.

cats_Paw · Feb 20, 2015

It can be a few different reasons:
-Virus, run a good antivir (Avira for example, but in safe mode!), Malwarebytes, again in safe mode.
-Overheating. Check your temps while running games.
-PSU problems: if the PSU was overtaxed, it would have runned well for a while then start having problems. Check if the connections are good (No 12V rail overtaxed?).
-Buggy drivers/Game updates: Try previous drivers of the GPU to see if it helps.

Those are the most common, if none of those help, we will try something else.

NightHawkS1 · Feb 20, 2015

cats_Paw :

For me I have done virus scans, I am not overheating, and my power supply is a 1050 so it is not being overtaxed (so i assume). From what I can tell the new drivers definitely fucked something up but a lot of the games that I am talking about are just bad overall in terms of optimization.

JC07 · Feb 20, 2015

cats_Paw :

NightHawkS1 :

Thanks for you're contribution cats paw, I have also done virus scans using decent antiviruses using one that you have mentioned "Malwarebytes". But all of them showed up with nothing. Also i don't have overheating issues, cpu is 26 to 30 idle and 31 to 40+ on full load. hd are usually around the 30c mark and below, mb is usually within the mid to high 30's region, and gpu is usually 50- 60 on load. Psu problems i really have no idea tbh the only good way too test it out would be too use a psu tester or a multimeter am i right? as i went into the bios and looked at the voltage monitor and the 12v is basically at 12v just i tiny little bit over it. and i don't think the power supply is overtaxed as i calculated it on a site and it came to a reccomended psu of 474w while mine is a 750w corsair cx series. I have tried a couple of driver versions for the gpu but too no avail. 13.5 which came with the card on disc, 13.9 and the latest driver which is currently used 14.5.

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